Dutch company ASML — famously data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/asml-is-prepared-for-chinas-rare-earth-export-controls-finance-head-says-company-has-stock-thanks-to-long-lead-times” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/asml-is-prepared-for-chinas-rare-earth-export-controls-finance-head-says-company-has-stock-thanks-to-long-lead-times”>the sole producer of the latest photolithography machines for fabricating cutting-edge chips — is under fire for selling hardware to a Chinese defense firm with ties to the ruling party.
Although ASML claims that the technology it sold to Chinese chip manufacturers was old and not able to “produce state-of-the-art chips,” as data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2593793-asml-supplied-product-to-military-research-institute-in-china” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2593793-asml-supplied-product-to-military-research-institute-in-china” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>reported by Nos,analysts have still raised concerns over its dealings with a firm developing quantum technologies, which could have implications…
